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Table 2 Related characteristics of patients, n (%)

From: Satisfaction of family members with inpatient psychiatric care and its correlates: a national survey in China

Variables

Patients

Sex

 Male

767 (48.00)

 Female

831 (52.00)

Insurance-pay

 Yes

1215 (76.03)

 No

383 (23.97)

Frist time of psychiatric hospitalization

 Yes

705 (44.12)

 No

893 (55.88)

Involuntary admission

 Yes

701 (43.86)

 No

897 (56.13)

Length of stay (days)a

 ≤ 20

506 (25.41)

 21–40

593 (37.11)

 41–60

274 (17.15)

 >60

325 (20.34)

Diagnosis

 Schizophrenia and related disorders

757 (47.37)

 Mood disorder

483 (30.23)

 Others diagnosis

358 (22.40)

GAF of admissionb

 ≤ 20

283 (17.71)

 21–40

352 (22.03)

 41–60

659 (41.24)

 >60

304 (19.02)

ECT treatmentc

 0

1364 (85.36)

 ≥ 1

234 (14.64)

 Treatment response

 Marked improvement

925 (57.88)

 Improvement

591 (36.98)

 Somewhat improvement

73 (4.57)

 No change or worse

9 (0.56)

Number of Psychologic treatment per dayd

 ≤ 0.4

894 (55.94)

 0.5–1.0

583 (36.48)

 >1.0

121 (7.57)

Total payment (RMBs)e

 ≤ 10,000

471 (29.47)

 10,001–20,000

540 (33.79)

 20,001–30,000

286 (17.90)

 >30,000

301 (18.84)

Self-payment (RMBs)f

 ≤ 5000

919 (57.51)

 5001–10,000

305 (19.09)

 10,001–20,000

209 (13.08)

 >20,000

165 (10.33)

  1. aThe median LOS is 33 days, the inter-quartile range (IQR) is 34
  2. bThe median GAF is 45, the inter-quartile range (IQR) is 31
  3. cThe median ECT is 0, the inter-quartile range (IQR) is 0
  4. dThe median is 0.30, the inter-quartile range (IQR) is 0.59
  5. eThe median is 15,952, the inter-quartile range (IQR) is 17,008
  6. fThe median is 3654, the inter-quartile range (IQR) is 8233
  7. One US dollar ≈ 6.8 RMBs at the time of the study